I watched the dvd of Season 1 a few years ago. Surprised how different the tone of the first 10 or so episodes was. It was a dark and serious sci-fi adventure serial. I liked it a lot. Smith was actually quite believably evil. Of course, I also enjoy the bizarre fruitcake/boy/robot triumvirate that it became but could have used a bit more of the former.
I watched it sometimes as a kid, but only if it was the newer episodes. This was only because they were in color.
But the early black & white shows were far better, before the writers made the 'comic' chemistry of Smith, Will and the Robot the focus of every episode, and got very lazy when inventing and costuming new characters, like IDAK here.
I watched the dvd of Season 1 a few years ago. Surprised how different the tone of the first 10 or so episodes was. It was a dark and serious sci-fi adventure serial. I liked it a lot. Smith was actually quite believably evil. Of course, I also enjoy the bizarre fruitcake/boy/robot triumvirate that it became but could have used a bit more of the former.
ReplyDeleteI watched it sometimes as a kid, but only if it was the newer episodes. This was only because they were in color.
ReplyDeleteBut the early black & white shows were far better, before the writers made the 'comic' chemistry of Smith, Will and the Robot the focus of every episode, and got very lazy when inventing and costuming new characters, like IDAK here.